Imaging Advantage of Edge-On CZT Platform and its Application in Molecular Imaging

Forum Details

Date: Friday, February 20, 2026 12PM Eastern Time

Speakers: Shiva Abbaszadeh, PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz

Dr. Abbaszadeh will present a comprehensive overview of edge-on CZT detector concepts, system development, and performance. She will show how the edge-on configuration enables precise interaction localization and high sensitivity to a wide energy range, making it attractive for gamma imaging applications. She will discuss how the correlated nature of annihilation photon pairs can be leveraged through advanced coincidence detection and correlation analysis to enhance event positioning, background rejection, and multi-photon imaging strategies. The talk will conclude with a perspective on how edge-on CZT technology can serve as a scalable, room-temperature semiconductor platform for future PET and PET–gamma systems, bridging detector physics, advanced electronics, and emerging concepts inspired by quantum correlation measurements.